Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-26
THE CARE OF CHlLDREN.
AaAks with Various Authoritie,
Upon this IMPORTANT Tonic


upon this Important Topic
1t would be ahard thing to explain
why they do it," observed Madison
Avenue physician, whose practice lies
largely among children.
But doesn't eating dirt ever kill
the children ? asked his visitor.
Not often"
Yes, but this child you say was
only 8 years old, and had a morbid
craving for sand, brick, plaster and
coal?"
eyes"
And his mother, while she never
encouraged the appetite, never fought
particularly against it ?"
Well, should think of all things
in the world that would be hard for a
child to digest such diet would be
the, very worst. Didn't it everlast-
ingly ruin his digestion
No" returned the doctor. &" He
outgrew the appetite after short
treatment. l corrected the cause of
the disease. At first 1 thought the
cause lay in an acid stomach. 1 soon
learned that this was not so. Then |
discovered that it was form of the
familiar disorder called 'pica,' which
is often found in older children and
usually manifests itself in a craving
for slate pencils and other indigestible
articles. The cause is different
usually with every patient. In this
case it resulted from minor disorder
OF the hillary system, which was soon
corrected, and now the child is as
healthy as one could wish it to be,
and has as honest a dislike of dirt in it's
dishes as the primmest spinster in the
world"
PROPER LUNCHEoNs FOR SCHOOL Chill
DREN.
Now, my dear, that is not the
proper way for you to eat your
lunch"
The speaker is the principal of the
primary department of one OF the best
known of the public schools in this
city. She was talking to one of her
little pupils, who was gulping down a
small chicken sandwich, piece of
rich cake, and finishing it off with a
chocolate eclair.
"Why not, Mrs. -" answered
the child. 81 want to 60 out and play
before recess is over"
&c / suppose it does no good to talk
to these children about such things" !"
continued the lady, as she turned to a
visiting reporter for the Mail and Ex-
press, "but perhaps this little one
may speak about what l said to her
mother, and it may thus in the end be
Of some benefit"
"Do you have much trouble about
your children's lunches?"
" Much more than you would sup
pose. They bring such rich and indi-
gestible things to school with them
that they are in great danger OF i'll
ness from that cause alone. Then
they eat so rapidly that another dan
ger is added thereby. At the end of
the school year, or during its pro-
gress, they often are taken sick.
Their mothers and the doctors are
more likely to charge this upon over
study, where it is really more often
the result of rapid eating and badly
selected menu. Half OF these chill
dren eat candy, nuts, cakes and pie in
their lunches. Now, if that isn't un-
healthy don't know what is"
"What sort of a luncheon would
YOU suggest ?"
Something wholesome and plain.
Bread and butter with little meat
should form it's foundation. A hard
boiled egg makes a good addition. II
the child is delicate l would suggest
once a week a small cup of nicely sea-
soned beef or mutton broth, and in
place of pastry, the child should be
taught to eat custard or cold rice or
tapioca pudding. Most children crave
something sweet, and this is infinitely
better than pie, cake or candy. Then,
again, the old lunch box or basket
should be discarded. The food should
be neatly wrapped up in clean nap
kin and packed in pasteboard box OF
done up in brown paper, which can be
thrown away when the meal is ended,
avoiding in this way the bad odors
that always cling to the old-time con-
veyances. :,
"There is another thing l would
suggest. The children should be
forced to take whole quarter Of an
hour to eat"
"Do you ever expect to see this plan
carried out?"
"Not in my day." replied the lady
with sigh. Nor can one expect il
when one considers the hasty way
these children's parents dispose o
luncheons. A woman who gulp'
down dish of ice cream fol
her luncheon in a Broadway restau
rant and thinks nothing of it vii
hardly realize the necessity of her lit
tie ones eating wholesome fare in
wholesome way"
Perhaps This is True.